A 30-year-old man from Goodfish Lake is facing 20 criminal charges in connection with a violent assault and subsequent vehicle robbery in St. Paul, Alta. over the weekend.
At about 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, police said officers responded to a reported robbery and assault at a St. Paul apartment building. Police said a woman was assaulted by a man with a gun before another woman was robbed of her vehicle at the same location. The woman who was assaulted was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries while the woman whose vehicle was stolen was not hurt.
At about 10:30 p.m., police received a report that the suspect was seen entering a different apartment complex in St. Paul. Out of concern for the safety of the building’s residents, the apartment complex was evacuated as police secured the area.
Police dog services and an Emergency Response Team (ERT) from Edmonton were called to the scene when the suspect refused to leave the apartment he was in. At about 4:30 a.m., members of the ERT entered the building and managed to arrest the suspect “without incident.” Police seized a gun at the scene but said nobody was injured.
Police said they do not believe this was a random incident.
Bryce Earl Brertton has been charged with robbery with a firearm, pointing a firearm, careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, uttering threats, theft under $5,000, possession of a weapon while prohibited, two counts of obstruction/resisting a police officer and eight counts of failing to comply with a recognizance.
Brertton has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in St. Paul Provincial Court via closed-circuit television on Thursday.
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